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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update DECEMBER 1, 2013

December 1, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update! 09:49

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update NOVEMBER 24, 2013

November 24, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update NOVEMBER 17, 2013

November 17, 2013 New England

rifa “The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Udate 09:20

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update NOVEMBER 10, 2013

November 10, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update NOVEMBER 3, 2013

November 3, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 27, 2013

October 27, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 20, 2013

October 20, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 13, 2013

October 13, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update October 6, 2013

October 6, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 29, 2013

September 29, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 22, 2013

September 22, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance – Weekly Update – September 15, 2013

September 15, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 8, 2013

September 8, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 9:15

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update September 1, 2013

September 1, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update August 25, 2013

August 25, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update August 18, 2013

August 18, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 11:01:16

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update August 11, 2013

August 11, 2013 New England

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update August 4, 2013

August 4, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 28, 2013

July 28, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 21, 2013

July 21, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the UPDATE

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 14, 2013

July 14, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 7, 2013

July 7, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 30, 2013

June 30, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 23, 2013

June 23, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 16, 2013

June 16, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JUNE 9, 2013

June 9, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JUNE 2, 2013

June 2, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 26, 2013

May 26, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 19, 2013

May 19, 2013 New England

“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update

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Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 12, 2013

May 12, 2013 New England

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

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